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droperidol
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[USP] a drug of the butyrophenone series, used for its antianxiety, sedative, and antiemetic effects as a premedication prior to surgery and during induction and maintenance of anesthesia, for the prophylaxis of postoperative nausea and vomiting, and to produce conscious sedation; administered intravenously or intramuscularly. A combination of droperidol and fentanyl citrate is administered intramuscularly to produce neuroleptanalgesia.
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droplet i.
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that due to inhalation of droplet nuclei. Cf. airborne i.
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droplet nuclei
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small pathogen-containing particles of respiratory secretions expelled into the air by coughing, which are reduced by evaporation to small, dry particles that can remain airborne for long periods; this is one possible mechanism for transmission of infection from one individual to another (droplet infection).
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dropped b.
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absence of a single ventricular contraction.
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dropped e.
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radial paralysis (def. 2).
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